Habitat modeling for Amaranthus pumilus: An application of light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1193-1202

  Sellars, Jon D ^a,b   Jolls, Claudia L ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach; Dune; Geographic information systems (GIS); Global positioning system (GPS); Habitat assessment; Habitat model; Logistic regression; Rare species; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; BEACH; BIODIVERSITY; DICOTYLEDON; DUNE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; GPS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LIDAR; RARE SPECIES; REMOTE SENSING; TURTLE; WADER;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS PUMILUS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 35348928275     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0334.1     Document Type: Article

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